Lane 342
Instructor: Dr. Safa Mansouri
Mobile #: 0565138221
Office #: 131 Aljawhara building
Office ext.: 63441
Office hours: 8 - 9, 11 – 12, S.M.W.
Course Description:
The course introduces students to the English novel and exposes them to the more subtle and complex literary elements and linguistic skills through close reading and evaluation of selected novels and to the critical skills acquired in the previous English literature courses.
The course surveys:
1. The rise of the English novel in the 18th century.
2. The study of two selected novels by famous 18th century novelists.
3. One 20th century novel.
Major focus will be on:
1. Narrative techniques.
2. Character development.
3. Other elements of fiction.
4. Cultural and historical contexts during which the selected novels were written.
Students are expected to have grasped the novel as a literary genre, its narrative techniques, characters, themes and message(s).
Required texts:
Ian Watt, The Rise of the Novel: Studies in Defoe, Richardson and Fielding. Penguin, 1981.
Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice.
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury.
Grading:
Quizzes 5 marks each
Exams 25-30 marks each
Important rules:
1. No switching between sections allowed.
2. Attendance will be taken in registered section only. You may attend other sections [if you miss yours] without any credit.
3. All quizzes exams should be taken in registered section only.
4. All exams dates are pre-assigned as in given schedule.
5. No make-up exams allowed. If you miss an exam you will end up with zero marks. If due to medical reasons you were allowed to take a make-up exam, you will lose 3 marks from total score.
6. Names, student numbers, and mobile numbers are required on all exams and turned in assignments. Any paper that does not carry the student number will be disregarded from correction and scoring.
Time Table
Week / Summery / Content1 / Registration
2 / Introduction and course requirements
3 / Pride and Prejudice(Role Playing)
4 / Pride and Prejudice + Quiz
5 / Pride and Prejudice
6 / Pride and Prejudice (wrap-up)
7 / Saturday 29th of March, 2008: 2nd Examination [from 2–3 pm]
8 / Robinson Crusoe + Quiz
9 / Robinson Crusoe
10 / Robinson Crusoe (wrap-up)
11 / Saturday 26th of April, 2008: 3rd Examination [from 2 – 3 pm]
12 / Sound and the Fury + Quiz
13 / Sound and the Fury
14 / Sound and the Fury
15 / Sound and the Fury (wrap-up)
16 / Saturday 31st of May, 2007: 4th Examination [from 2 – 3 pm]
* All Exams are in room 812, from 2 – 3 pm.